998. TUDOR TRANSLATIONS. Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello. Translated into English by Geffraie Fenton, anno 1567. With an Introduction by Robert Langton Douglas. 2 vols. 8vo, vellum, gilt, mainly unopened. Lond. 1898 * ONE OF 18 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, OF WHICH ONLY 12 WERE OFFERED FOR SALE. 999. TUDOR TRANSLATIONS. Suetonius History of the Twelve Cæsars. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, anno 1606. With an Introduction by Charles Whibley. 2 vols. 8vo, vellum, gilt, and mainly unopened. Lond. 1899 * ONE OF 12 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, OF WHICH ONLY 6 WERE OFFERED FOR SALE. 1000. TUDOR TRANSLATIONS. The Book of the Courtier, from the Italian of Count Baldassare Castiglione. Done into English by Sir Thomas Hoby, anno 1561. With an Introduction by Walter Raleigh. 8vo, vellum, gilt, mainly unopened. Lond. 1900 *ONE OF 12 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, OF WHICH ONLY 6 WERE OFFERED FOR SALE. 1001. TUDOR TRANSLATIONS. Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel. Transl. into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter le Motteux, annis 1653-1694. With an Introduction by Charles Whibley. 3 vols. 8vo, vellum, gilt, uncut, mainly unopened. Lond. 1900 *ONE OF 18 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, OF WHICH ONLY 12 WERE OFFERED FOR SALE. 1002. TUDOR TRANSLATIONS. The Chronicle of Froissart. Transl. out of French by Sir John Bourchier, Lord Berners, annis 1523–25. With an Introduction by William Paton Ker. 6 vols. 8vo, vellum, gilt, uncut, mainly unopened. Lond. 1901-2 * ONE OF 18 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, OF WHICH ONLY 12 WERE OFFERED FOR SALE. ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE TUDOR TRANSLATIONS. 1003. TUDOR TRANSLATIONS. The English Bible. Transl. out of the Original Tongues by the Commandment of King James the First. 6 vols. 8vo, vellum, gilt, uncut, mainly unopened. Lond. 1903-4 * ONE OF 18 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, OF WHICH ONLY 12 WERE OFFERED FOR SALE. 1004. TUDOR TRANSLATIONS. Machiavelli: The Art of War and Florentine History, and the Prince. With an Introduction by Henry Cust. Transl. into English by Thomas Bedingfeld, Peter Whitehorne, and Edward Dacres. 2 vols. 8vo, vellum gilt, mainly unopened. Lond. 1905 *ONE OF 18 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, OF WHICH ONLY 12 WERE OFFERED FOR SALE. 1005. UZANNE (OCTAVE). La Chronique Scandaleuse. With an etched front., partly colored, by Ad. Lalauze. Royal 8vo, full crushed levant morocco, richly gold tooled on back and sides, broad inside gold borders, gilt top, uncut, with the original covers preserved, by PHILLIPE. Paris: Quantin, 1879 * One of only a small edition printed. 1006. UZANNE (OCTAVE). Anecdotes sur la Comtesse Du Barry. With an etched front. by Lalauze. Royal Svo, full crushed levant morocco gilt, richly gold tooled on back and sides, inside gilt borders, gilt top, uncut, by PHILLIPE. Paris: Quantin, 1880 * One of only a small edition printed. 1007. UZANNE (OCTAVE) La Gazette De Cythère. Avec Notice Historique. Etched front. and woodcut vignettes. Royal 8vo, full violet crushed levant morocco, richly gold tooled on back and sides, inside gold borders, gilt top, uncut, by PHILLIPE. Paris: Quantin, 1881 * One of only a small edition printed. 1008. UZANNE (OCTAVE). Les Mours Secrètes du XVIIIe siècle. Etched front., partly colored, by Paul Avril. Royal 8vo, full violet crushed levant, richly gold tooled on back and sides, gilt top, uncut, by PHILLIPE. Paris: Quantin, 1883 * One of only a small edition published. 1009. UZANNE (OCTAVE). L'École De Faunes. Contes De la Vingtième Année. Bric à Brac de l'Amour. Calendrier de Venus. Surprises du Cœur. Prettily illust. with etched fronts. and vignettes in color. Royal 8vo, full light green crushed levant, back and front cover decorated with floral inlays of purple, red, citron and orange levant, broad inside gold borders, doublures and end papers of flowered silk, original wrappers preserved, gilt top, uncut, by PHILIPPE. Paris: H. Floury, 1896 * One of a limited edition on tinted Scotch satin paper. 1010. UZANNE (OCTAVE). La Cagoule. Visions De Notre Heure. Choses Et Gens Qui Passent. D'Art, De Littérature et de Vie Pittoresque. markably fine and characteristic folding original lithograph by Dillon. 8vo, original lithographic wrappers. Notations With a re Paris: Floury, 1899 * UNIQUE COPY, being one of 50 printed on superfine China paper throughout, and having the author's characteristic presentation inscription on half title, "A Henri Pene Du Bois, ces notes vagabondes d'un journaliste, en affectueux souvenir. Octave Uzanne." Contains numerous interesting and racy anecdotes of Whistler, Oscar Wilde, Huysmans, Octave Mirbeau, author of the Chambermaid's Diary; Louise Michael, "La Vierge Rouge," Zola, Aubrey, Beardsley, Felix Buhot, the etcher; Anatole France, the decadent author; Felicien Rops and his remarkable designs; Mallarme, Yvette Guilbert and numerous other famous authors and artists. 1011. VAN OOSTEN (HENRY). The Dutch Gardener; or, The Compleat Florist, containing the most successful Method of Cultivating all Sorts of Flowers, the Planting, Dressing and Pruning of all Manner of FruitTrees, together with a particular Account of the Nursing of Lemon and Orange Trees in Northern Climates. Transl. into English. Second edn., with great Amendments. With engraved title and other plates. 8vo, full brown crushed levant morocco, richly tooled centre medallion inlaid with different colored levant, representing a man at work in the flower garden, gilt edges, by RIVIÈRE. Lond. 1711 * A handsome specimen appropriately treated. 1012. VILVAIN (ROBERT). Enchiridium Epigrammatum Latino- Anglicum. An Epitome of Essais Englished out of Latin without Elucidat Explications. 12mo, half green crushed levant morocco, gilt edges, by STIKEMAN. Lond. 1654 Only 400 copies were privately printed for distribution among the author's friends. A few headlines closely cut. The McKee copy, with bookplate engraved by French. * raisonné de 1013. VIOLLET-LE-DUC. Dictionnaire l'Architecture Française du XIe au XVIe siècle. Portrait and numerous illusts. 10 vols. royal 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops. Paris, 1873 * Fine set of the original issue. A work seldom offered for sale. 1014. VIRGIL. The XII. Æneids of Virgil the most renowned Laureat Prince of Latin Poets. lish deca syllables. By John Vicars. compartments. Small 8vo, full purple rocco, full gilt back, by STIKEMAN. * FIRST EDITION. Rare. Transl. into EngEngraved title in crushed levant moLond. 1632 1015. VORAGINE (JACOBUS DE). Legendæ Sanctorum. Fol. 1r., col. 1: Incipit prologus sup legēdas sancto 2! quas cōpilauit frater | Iacobus Ianuensis natione, de | ordine fratru predicatorum; | (U)NIUERSUM | tempus. Same fol., col. 2.: Finit prologus super librum de | legend is sanctorum; Incipiut capitula feliciter; Fol. 2v., col. 2: Incipiunt legende sancto 2. Et pri- mo de tempe renouationis agitur, quod est aduentus domini. Fol. 280r. and fol. 281 blank; Fol. 282r., col. 1 (in large type): Tabula sup legendas sancto 2 incipit. Fol. 290r., col. 2, lin. 27, blank; lin. 28: Tabula ǝtinens fere omnia notabilia legende au | ree desinit feliciter. pulchre transcripta parisius p | Martinum chrancz, Udalricu gering, et Micha- elem friburger impressorie artis magistros. First page decorated with a semi-border representing a dragon, coat-of-arms (three gold fleur-de-lis on the azure field) painted on the upper margin, and on the lower margin St. Ursin, before whom is kneeling a man in the costume of a king; behind the Saint an angel holding up the train of his sacerdotal cloak; initials painted in red and blue. Folio, dark green levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by CANAPÉ-BELZ (rubbed). Paris: Martinus Crantz, Udalricus Gering and Michael Friburger [before 1475]. *Gothic letters, double columns. 290 unnumbered leaves, including 281st blank, without signature and catchwords; 4448 lines to the page. Copinger, III, No. 6394. This edition differs from the one mentioned by Brunet, and, according to Deschamps (Supplement au Manuel), must be one of the first books printed in Paris, perhaps about 1473 or 1474. No copy is in the British Museum nor in the Bodleian Library. The coatof-arms painted on the upper margin of the first leaf suggests that THIS COPY BELONGED IN ALL PROBABILITY TO KING LOUIS XI. OF FRANCE. Three leaves of the text missing, otherwise a fine copy of this important and extremely rare monument of the earliest Parisian Press. 1016. WALPOLE (HORACE). The Mysterious Mother: a Tragedy. 8vo, original vellum. 64 * FIRST EDITON. On the half-title is written in Walpole's autograph, From the Author, 1788." It also contains the bookplate of Miss Mary Berry, Walpole's friend and literary executor. 1017. WALPOLE (HORACE). Letters, chronologically arranged and edited, with Notes and Indices, by Mrs. Paget Toynbee. With numerous photogravure portraits, proofs on India paper. 16 vols. 8vo, full straight-grained morocco, gilt ornaments on the sides and backs, in imitation of a Roger Payne binding, gilt tops, uncut. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903-5 * Only 260 copies printed on hand-made paper, each signed by the editor. Fine set. Out of print and scarce. 1018. WALTON (ISAAC). The Life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln. Written by Izaak Walton. To which is added some short Tracts or Cases of Conscience, written by the said Bishop. FIRST EDN. Portrait of Sanderson engraved by White (neatly mounted, and one margin repaired). 8vo, full morocco, gilt edges. Lond. 1678 * PRESENTATION COPY FROM ISAAC WALTON, WITH INSCRIPTION IN HIS AUTOGRAPH ON TOP OF TITLE, SIGNED I. W. ALSO WITH SIX MANUSCRIPT EMENDATIONS OF THE TEXT IN HIS AUTOGRAPH. From the McKee collection, with bookplate. [See Reproduction.] 1019. WALTON (ISAAC). The Life of Isaac Walton, including Notices of his Contemporaries. By Thomas Zouch. With 25 portraits and engravings, some on India paper. 4to, full green crushed levant morocco extra, doublé with brown calf, with the portraits of Walton and Cotton in blind tooling, after a binding by Gosden, gilt top, uncut, by SMITH. Lond. 1823 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the * LARGE PAPER COPY. SCARCE. insertion of 45 portraits of the eminent personages mentioned in the work, some of which are skilfully inlaid. |